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"It so often happens that after sacrificing a pawn, a player aims not to obtain the initiative for it, but to regain sacrificed material." -Yefim Geller (1925-1998)

A Soviet chess player, and openings expert, considered one of the best chess players in the world in the late 1960s. He won the Soviet Championship twice (in 1955 and 1979) and was a Candidate for the World Championship six times. Also, a chess author and coach to World Champions Boris Spassky and Anatoly Karpov.